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Residents press council on dangerous intersection, parking enforcement, property maintenance and paving; administration to investigate
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to address a dangerous intersection at Tulip and Oak streets, chronic illegal parking and a deteriorating property at 147–149 Broadway. A resident also asked for paving on High Street. The administration agreed to investigate and referred some matters to engineering and code enforcement.
Several residents used the public-comment portion of the Oct. 9 Passaic City Council meeting to press for action on traffic safety, parking enforcement, property maintenance and street paving.
Resident Joe Connesente asked the council to consider safety measures at the Tulip and Oak Street intersection, calling it “very dangerous” for children crossing to school. He also asked the city to enforce parking regulations after 3 p.m., citing persistent illegal parking on Myrtle Avenue and other streets. Connesente raised the property at 147–149 Broadway, describing it as “loaded with garbage” and high grass and saying it has multiple violations.
Council President Schaer asked the administration to have officials look at the Tulip and Oak intersection. Administrator Fernandez said the city inspects alleged code violations regularly and that inspectors have attended the 147–149 Broadway site, and he said the city had issued violations and boarded portions of the property in the past. On parking enforcement, administration replied that parking officers and police do patrol at night, and that officers have the authority to tow vehicles in emergent situations.
Resident Henny Marcus requested paving for a middle section of High Street (between Van Houten and the railroad), describing repeated bumps that aggravate a medical condition. Council members directed the administration to review the street for potential paving on future schedules.
On Henry Street angle parking, administration said the configuration was designed by a licensed engineer and painted per that design; engineering staff will review if additional changes are requested. The council did not take formal votes on these individual complaints; members asked staff to investigate and report back.
